3* hotel, but not 4*

Written: 22 october 2013
Travel time: 16 — 21 september 2013
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday
Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 6.0
Service: 5.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 4.0
Amenities: 8.0
The vacation turned out to be spontaneous, a last-minute ticket was bought two days before departure, I read the reviews already at the airport. I will say that for the money we invested (about $ 400 for two), the hotel is normal and we have no complaints. It was important for me to relax on the beach for a couple of days. But I think that people who will pay full price will be interested to know:
Hotel pros:
Good location in relation to the sea. The beach is clean and cleaned. Sunbeds, mattresses - free of charge.
Free sauna and indoor pool at the hotel. Only the hammam procedure is paid, and you can use the sauna at any time. (So ​ ​ forget the reviews that said: “Here, we bought a hammam from Galina for 25 bucks, but then we went to the sauna and pool for free. ” You can go there for free anyway).
Clean, fairly normal rooms with everything you need.
The hotel has a service "Roll up luggage" - $ 3. At the airport - $10.

Ordinary vacationers. There is no contingent a la swollen Gena and Vovan from Nasha Rashi in the trash.
There are places to walk. The village is very cozy, there is a promenade area. Lots of supermarkets, parks.
Cons of the hotel
Noise. Everything written about the musical "battle" of two neighboring hotels is true. Moreover, ours even loses in terms of noise level to the neighboring one. If you're putting your baby to bed during the day, expect it to be an impossible task. Music plays until 23.00. The volume level is the same, both during the day and in the evening.
Food. Nuggets-nuggets-nuggets-oh! fish! . . oh... inedible-nuggets-nuggets-oh! cutlet! . . oh, is it a cutlet? . . In general, there is no meat. In relation to the quality of rabbit meat, questions also arise: is it soy? But in general, people ate these very nuggets and fresh vegetables. Soups are also a separate topic: what was milk rice porridge for lunch turned into mushroom rice soup for lunch)) Salads with mayonnaise and many ingredients - this, of course, is what the hotel residents did not eat at the previous meal. But this is how they do it in many Turkish hotels - you should not be particularly surprised. Fruits - apples, plums. Twice they gave tangerines and once a melon. But it's hard to stay hungry. This is certainly not the level of 4-star Turkey, where the tablecloth is self-made and the cornucopia, but you won’t die of hunger, unless, of course, you are an avid meat eater.
Regarding the announced snacks. Of course, I understand that it was the end of the season… But in general, there were no such snacks. The first day they waited, the second they waited. On the third day, they began to “tibrit” the fruits.
No animation. Perhaps this can also be attributed to the end of the season, but for all the time children's animation was arranged once, when the owners of the network came to visit. That's when everyone fussed as if stung. The animation was so "fun" that it involved two children and five entertainment-starved adults.
About the rest

We went to the hammam from a street agency - sauna-shower-sauna-piling (you are rubbed with a hard washcloth) - foam bathing - 3 minutes of relaxation in the room - oil massage (menthol and rose oil) - face mask. Everything cost $15 per person, $25 at the hotel, $30 at Pegasus.
It is better to buy souvenirs and other goods directly in the village, or at the bazaar, which arrives on Saturday. In the store where you will be brought on the way back to the airport, everything is three times expensive. Duty Free Turkey this year is the most expensive of all that I have visited.
And one more thing: the hotel has Russian-speaking staff, so rave reviews about: yes, everything is cool in the hotel - maybe they did it. The mood, of course, is the main thing and almost the most important, but the environment is also important.
Maybe it's important for someone: only residents of the CIS countries rest in the hotel, no Germans, Swedes and residents of foggy Albion.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original